Ghurabaa’
July 17, 2007 at 7:39 am (Hadith, PosTer)
Concerning the Hadeeth ”Ghurbatul-lslam”
Question:
What is the meaning of the Hadeeth: بدأ الإسلام غريبا وسيعود كما بدأ غريبا فطوبى للغرباء “Islam began strange and it will return strange, so good news is for the strangers.” (Muslim no. 145)
Answer:
It means that Islam was strange and new for people in the early days of Islam, in Makkah and Al-Madinah — not many people knew of it, and fewer still believed in it and practiced it. After that it spread and people entered the fold of Islam in droves, and it was victorious over all other religions. But later on, during the final times, Islam will return as strange — only a few people will truly know Islam and only a few will correctly apply it, and they are the “strangers.”
The Hadeeth:
فطوبى للغرباء
“Good news is for the strangers” (Muslim no. 145)
is further explained in a narration of Muslim and others:
الذين يصلحون إذا أفسد الناس
“Those who are righteous when the people will be corrupt.” (Ahmad no. 4/67)
And in yet another wording,
الذين يصلحون ما أفسد الناس من بعدي من سنتي
“They are the ones who will make right what people have corrupted of my Sunnah.” (At-Tirmithi no. 2630 and Al-Baghavi 1/121)We ask Allaah to make us from them; indeed, He is the best to ask.Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 7, Pages 175-176, DARUSSALAM Who Gives
Taken from: http://oldskulz2004.blogspot.com/ (syukran akh)
Angels come to u at ‘Asr and Fajr
July 17, 2007 at 7:34 am (Hadith, Solat)
Narrated Abu Hurairah r.a: The Prophet pbuh said,”Angels come (to you) in succession by night and day, and all of them get together at the time of Fajr and ‘Asr prayers. Then those who have stayed with you overnight, ascend unto Allah Who asks them (and He knoes better the answer than they):”How have you left My slaves?”They reply, “We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying.”
The Prophet pbuh added: ” If anyone of you say Amiin (during the prayer at the end of the recitation of surah Al-Faatihah), and the angels in the heaven say the same, and the two sayings coincide, all his past sins will be forgiven.”
–Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol 4, hadeeth no 446–
Zuhud:Least Attachment to the World.
July 13, 2007 at 5:53 am (H|kmaH, Self-deVeLopmenT, Tauh|d)
Cinta dunia adalah ‘kepala’ (punca) segala kerosakan! (hmm…)
I found this interesting article while surfing the net. woah~ it says abt ZUHUD i.e least attachement to the World..
Ade satu hadith ni (tapi tak sure pulak sape yang meriwayatkannya..) yang mengatakan. Nabi saw bersabda (terjemahannya) kebijaksanaan itu adalah bile seseorang tu mengingati mati dan bersedia untuk menghadapinya.
suke atau pon tidak, takot ataupun tidak, nak ataupon tidak, kiter semua AKAN meninggalkan dunia satu hari nanti.. cume mase dan bagaimana je berbeza di antare kiter.. doa2lah selalu supayer kiter mendapat husnul khaatimah (pengakhiran hidup yang baik) ameen 
Ooh btw article de bukan yang di atas.. this article is taken from: http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/doingwithout.htm..
have some time to read aaand share it with ur frenssss…! alrite? ingat, ilmu itu amanah sebaik2nyer, kiter sebarkan ilmu yang telah pon kiter pelajari. di situlaah datang keberkatan
Doing Without the Pleasures of this World Abu’ l-Abbas as-Sa’idi said : “A man came to the Prophet (saws) and said, ‘Oh Messenger of Allah! Guide me to such an action, that when I do it, Allah will love me and the people will love me. He said, be detached from this world and then Allah will love you and do not be attracted to what people have and then the people will love you”. related by Hasan, ibn Majah kitab az-Zuhud 2/1373 This hadith shows that Allah loves those who live simply in this life. It has been said that if having love for Allah is the best state to be in, then living simply is the best condition to be in. Living simply means that you should restrain your desire for worldly things in the hope of receiving something better instead. In order to achieve this more easily you should first realise that the things which people yearn for in this world are infact worthless when compared with what we hope for in the next world. If we know that what Allah has will remain and that the life to come is better and more lasting, then we realise that this world is really like a piece of ice left out in the sun – it soon melts and vanishes . The akhirah (after life), however, essentially never vanishes. The desire one has to exchange this life for the one to come is strengthened by the certainty that there is no comparison between this life and the next. In the Qur’an we find this world and the next world described in the following terms:
“Yes you prefer the life of this world, but the next world is better and more lasting.”
Qur’an 87:16-17
“You desire the attractions of this world, but Allah desires the next world for you”
Qur’an 8: 67 “And they are happy with the life of this world, but the life of this world is small comfort compared to the next world. Qur’an 13:26 The hadiths which scorn worldly goods and describe how worthless they are in the sight of Allah are many: Jabir ibn Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah (saws) happened to walk through the market place. Some people were gathered on either side of him. There he came across a dead goat with very short ears, of which he took hold saying, “Who among you would like to have this for a dirham?” They said, “By Allah, not even if it were alive, because its ears are too short; and now it is also dead.” Thereupon the messenger of Allah (saws) said, ” By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the sight of Allah than this in your eyes.” Related by Sahih Muslim, Kitab az-Zuhud 18/93 It has been related by Ibn Shaddad al-Fahri that the Prophet (saws) said, “This world, in comparison with the world to come, is the same as if one of you were to put his finger in the ocean. Consider how much you would have when you pulled it out. related by Sahih Muslim Kitab al-jannatu wa Na’imuha,17/191.
It has been related by Ibn Sahl ibn Sa’ad that the Prophet (saws) said,
“Had the world been worth even the wing of a gnat to Allah, He would not have even given a drink of water from it to a kaffir (non-believer).” Related by Sahih gharib, at-Tirmidhi, Kitab az-Zuhud, 6/611. Living simply means turning away from the things of this world because they are so worthless. You do not bother with them and remain detached from them
Yunus ibn Maisarah said, ” Being detached from this world does not mean that you should forbid what Allah has permitted, nor that you should squander money. Rather, it is a state in which you are more certain of what is in the hand of Allah than you are of what is in your own hands: your state in misfortune is the same as your state at other times; your attitude towards those who quite rightly criticise you and those who quite rightly praise you is the same.”
He has explained this in three stages, or stations, all of which are concerned with the heart rather than with physical action. This is why Abu Sulayman used to say that you should not call anyone a zahid (the one who practices zuhud, someone whose heart is not attached to the pleasures and distractions of this world).
The first stage is that of a servant who is more certain of what is in the hand of Allah than he is of what is in his own hands. This stage arises from a healthy and strong conviction.
Abu Hazim az Zahid was asked, “What is your wealth?” he said, “Two kinds of wealth dispel all fear of poverty trust in Allah and not being attached to what people have.” He was asked, “Don’t you fear poverty?” He said, “How can I fear poverty when my lord owns all that is in the heavens and on the earth and all that is between them and all that is beneath the ground?” Al-Fudayl said. “The essence of living simply is being content with Allah Mighty and Exalted is he.”
He also said, “The one who is content is the one who lives simply, and it is he who is rich.”
The one who has attained real faith, who trusts in Allah in all his affairs, and is content with what he provides for him, and remains unattached to the creation, out of fear and hope-and by so doing finds that pursuing worldly gains is not worth while-he attained the benefits of simplicity. He is the richest of people, even though he may not possess a single thing in the world. As Omar said, “Death is teacher enough, true faith is wealth enough, and worship is action enough.” Ibn Masud said, “True belief is not trying to please people by doing things which would bring Allah’s displeasure on you, and not envying anyone for what Allah has given him. For Allah’s provision is not attracted simply by a mans being careful, nor is it deflected by another mans malice. Allah, with his justice, omniscience and wisdom, has made delight and joy the companions of faith and contentment, and despair and sorrow the companions of distrust and dissatisfaction.” The second stage is that of a servant who, if he is afflicted by some misfortune-like the death of a child, or the loss of wealth or goods-desires the reward for his accepting the loss more than his recovering what has been lost. This is also a consequence of having complete trust. Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Whoever lives simply in this world finds misfortune easy to endure.” Some of our predecessors used to say, “If it were not for the misfortunes of this world, we would arrive in the next world completely destitute.” The Third stage is that of a servant who regards praise and criticism equally. If the world occupies a place of importance in his heart then he would prefer praise to blame which in turn might make him abandon much good for fear of being censured, and do many bad things in his quest for praise. This means that in his heart no other people’s opinions about him are important . What is important to him-is his love of the truth and his earning Allah’s good pleasure. Ibn Musad said, “True faith is not trying to please other people by doing things which are displeasing to Allah. “Allah has praised those who fight in his way, without worrying about the opinions of others. Al Hasan Said, “The person who lives simply is the one who finds it in his heart to say that someone else has surpassed him in it.” Imam Ahmed, I believe, was once asked whether a wealthy man could live simply. He said, “Yes, if he is not pleased when his wealth increases nor sad when it decreases, then he can.” Ibrahim ibn Adham said, “There are 3 types of zuhud, or doing without, the first is as a result of having to do so, the second of praiseworthy action, and the third of being careful. avoiding haram (forbidden) things is obligatory, avoiding things which are halal (allowed) may be praiseworthy, and avoiding things which are doubtful is prudent.” Any person who exchanges the things of this world is doing for the next world without something in this life and so we can call him a zahid, but doing without can also involve enjoying something in this world at the expense of the next world, in this case it is something in the akhirah with which one is doing without. A righteous man was once told, “You do without much more than I do.” the man replied. “It is you who are more extreme in this, for I deny myself things in a life which will not last and whose rewards are uncertain, while you have denied yourself the akhirah. No one could be more extreme in their doing without than this.” Normally, however, when we speak of zuhud we mean that we deny ourselves some of the pleasures of this world rather than those of the next world. However, it is only possible to abstain from things to which you have access. This is why Bin al Mubarak , when someone said to him ,”Oh Zahid “, ” The real zahid is Umar ibn Abdul- Aziz, for he rejected the tremendous pleasures and riches of this world that were placed at his feet, where as I have very little to give up.”
Al-Hassan al-Basri said, ” I have known people and kept company with groups who neither rejoiced when the things of this world came to them, nor grieved when they lost anything in this world. The life of this world was more insignificant to them than dust. One of them might live for a year or for sixty years without ever having a garment that would cover him , and without ever having anything that would come between him and ground , and without ever having any food that he could ask to be prepared for him in his own home.”
When night came, they would be on their feet, with their foreheads against the earth , tears rolling down their cheeks , secretly calling on Allah to save them on the Day of Judgement. If they did something good, they never stopped being grateful for it, and were always asking Allah to accept it. If they did something bad they would be saddened by it, and would keep asking Allah to forgive them for it. By Allah, they were not safe from wrong actions, and were saved only by their constant turning in repentance. May Allah be pleased with them and grant them mercy. There are three stages of zuhud. The first stage is to withdraw from the life of this world, even though you may still have a great desire for it and your heart is still drawn towards it . The self is still pre-occupied with the world, even though you struggle with it and restrain it. The second stage is to acquire detachment from this world and to do without it in order to obtain your reward for doing without. Here, it is your doing without which pre-occupies you. This is the state of the person who gives away a dollar in order to obtain 2 dollars. The Third stage is that of the one who willingly puts the world to one side without even a thought for what he has abandoned. This is the one who has exchanged a fragment of broken pottery for a jewel. Or is it like someone who, seeking to gain entrance to see the king, maybe prevented by a dog at the gate by throwing the dog a scrap it is distracted, and this makes it possible for him to gain entrance to the kings audience chamber. Shaytan is like that dog, standing at the gates of Allah. He tries to prevent people entering them even though the gates are wide open and the world is just a scrap that you can toss aside without a second thought. Reference: The Purification of the Soul, compiled from the works of: Ibn Rajab al-hanbali, Ibn al-Quayyin al-Jawziyya, and Abu Hamid al- Gazali. Allahu a’laam
Pahlawan unggul. Khanzalah ;)
July 12, 2007 at 2:59 am (History of Islam, K|saH2, Sahabat Nabi)
Kiter tertarik sangat dgn name Khanzalah, tho i dinnoe much bout him.. tapi ape yang kiter dgr2, dialah pahlawan Islam yang gugur sbg syahid di medan peperangan
extracted from: http://usrahonline.blogspot.com/2004_06_02_archive.html
Terdapat beberapa contoh para salafussoleh mendahulukan maslahah Islam dan jihad di atas segala maslahah peribadi, keluarga dan keturunan. Lebih-lebih lagi, perasaan yang cenderung terhadap keluarga dan isteri-isteri:
Seorang sahabat yang hatinya penuh keimanan; Hanzalah Ibn Abi ‘Amir yang berkahwin dengan Jamilah Binti Ubaiy pada suatu malam Jumaat. Pada keesokan paginya kaum muslimin di seru supaya keluar ke medan jihad. Sebaik sahaja Hanzalah mendengarnya, beliau terus mengambil pedang, memakai baju perang kemudian menunggang kudanya. Beliau menuju ke medan perang Uhud. Apabila peperangan bermula, beliau bertempur sebagai seorang pahlawan.
Setelah barisan kaum muslimin tidak teratur lagi, Hanzalah bertempur di tengah-tengah barisan kaum musyrikin sehinggalah beliau menemui Abu Sufyan. Beliau menyerangnya. Abu Sufyan pun tersungkur. Hanzalah ingin menyembelihnya dengan pedang. Tetapi Abu Sufyan menjerit mememinta pertolongan daripada kaum Quraisy. Suaranya didengari oleh beberapa orang. Mereka menyerang dan memukul Hanzalah sehingga ia terkorban sebagai seorang syahid.
Inilah dia Nabi Sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam, Allah Subhanahu wa ta‘ala telah mendedahkan kepadanya alam ghaib, lalu Baginda bersabda: “Saya melihat malaikat memandikan Hanzalah di antara langit dan bumi dengan air embun di atas bekas yang diperbuat daripada perak.” Para sahabat pun bersegera pergi melihat Hanzalah.
Mereka mendapati titisan air pada kepala Hazalah.… Lalu mereka bertanya kepada isterinya mengenai Hanzalah. Isterinya memberitahu bahawa sebaik sahaja beliau mendengar seruan jihad, ia terus keluar dalam keadaan berjunub dan belum sempat mandi wajib, dengan sebab itulah malaikat memandikannya.
Subhanallah.. Islam dan Allah adalah yang pertama di dalam hati pahlawan Khanzalah. Semoga kiter pon dpt mengutamakn cinta Allah dan rasulNya melebihi cinte kiter terhadap ciptaanNya yang lain. amiin
Menangislah..
July 10, 2007 at 7:57 am (H|kmaH, Self-deVeLopmenT, Tauh|d)
Tangisan menurut perspektif Islam, boleh dibahagikan kepada dua jenis iaitu tangisan yang berbentuk negatif dan tangisan yang berbentuk positif. Tangisan yang dilarang ialah seperti meraung dan melolong dengan sekuat hati apabila menerima atau meratapi kematian.Tangisan seperti ini bukan sahaja dipandang negatif kepada orang yang melakukannya tetapi juga mayat yang diratapinya itu turut terseksa kerana perbuatannya. Ini berbeza dengan tangisan positif iaitu tangisan yang terjadi kerana cinta dan takut kepada Allah.
Malah Nabi Muhammad pun menangis bila mengenangkan kesengsaraan dan penderitaan yang dihadapi oleh umatnya serta tatkala baginda memohon ampun dari Allah. Antara jenis-jenis tangisan yang dibenarkan malah digalakkan dalam Islam ialah:Antara jenis-jenis tangisan yang dibenarkan malah digalakkan dalam Islam ialah:
1. Ketika melahirkan rasa kesyukuran kepada AllahOrang-orang yang beriman dan bertaqwa akan sentiasa bersyukur dengan apa yang dikurniakan oleh Allah kepadanya. Golongan ini sama sekali tidak pernah mengeluh malah sentiasa reda dengan apa yang mereka terima. Maka dengan sebab itu, orang-orang sebegini adakalanya menitiskan air mata apabila menerima rahmat dan nikmat-nikmat tersebut.
Sebagai contoh, dalam satu riwayat oleh Anas bahawa Rasulullah berkata kepada Ubay bin Ka’ab: “Allah menyuruh membacakan kepadamu Surah al-Bayyinah ayat 1, “Orang-orang kafir iaitu ahli kitab dan orang-orang musyrik (mengatakan bahawa mereka) tidak akan meninggalkan (agamanya) sebelum datang kepada mereka bukti yang nyata,” Ubay bertanya : “Apakah Allah menyebut namaku?” “Nabi menjawab ya, lalu menangislah Ubay (kerana mendengar berita gembira itu).
Ayat tersebut menyatakan tentang pendirian kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani terhadap seruan Nabi Muhammad sebagai Rasul yang telah menerangkan kepada mereka agama yang telah dibawa olehnya iaitu agama Islam. Mereka (Yahudi dan Nasrani) kenal Nabi Muhammad yang diutus sebagai rasul kepada umat akhir zaman, tetapi setelah baginda dibangkitkan mereka tidak percaya malah tidak mahu beriman kepada apa yang dibawa oleh baginda.
2. Kerana menyesali perbuatan dan dosa yang dilakukanTangisan penyesalan biasanya terjadi apabila seseorang yang telah melakukan dosa, menyedari dan menyesali perbuatannya dengan bersungguh-sungguh. Ekoran daripada penyesalan itu maka timbul rasa sedih yang mendalam yang akhirnya akan menitiskan air mata. Tangisan yang sedemikian itu timbul akibat wujudnya rasa kesedaran yang mendalam dan rasa takut yang amat sangat kepada Allah. Keadaan sebegini akhirnya akan mendorong seseorang itu bertaubat dan seterusnya kembali ke jalan yang benar. Hal ini dijelaskan oleh Allah dalam ayat 82 Surah al-Taubah, “Maka hendaklah mereka sedikit tertawa dan banyak menangis sebagai pembalasan dari apa yang mereka telah kerjakan.”
3. Apabila bertambah keimanan kepada Allah
Iman yang tertanam dalam hati akan terus subur dan mekar apabila disirami dengan ayat-ayat suci al-Quran yang dibaca dengan penuh penghayatan sehingga boleh menyebabkan seseorang itu menitiskan air mata.Tangisan sebegini merupakan tangisan yang tinggi nilainya kerana ia merupakan campuran antara rasa kesedaran dan keimanan yang tidak berbelah bagi. Justeru tanpa disedari akan bercucuran tangisan akibat rasa keimanan yang begitu mendalam sebagaimana firman Allah dalam ayat 58, Surah Maryam; “Dan apabila dibacakan kepada mereka ayat-ayat Tuhan Yang Pemurah, mereka segera sujud serta dan menangis.”
4. Timbul dari rasa khusyuk dan tawadukTangisan seperti ini boleh terjadi apabila seseorang itu khusyuk dalam beribadat. Air mata yang menitis itu bukan kerana perasaan sedih tetapi kerana menyedari betapa diri yang begitu kerdil ketika berhadapan dengan pencipta-Nya. Bahkan, orang yang mencapai tahap kekhusyukan itu termasuk salah satu dari tujuh golongan yang memperoleh keistimewaan pada hari kiamat seperti sabda Rasulullah: “Tujuh golongan manusia yang akan dinaungi oleh Allah pada hari di mana tidak ada naungan kecuali naunganNya (iaitu) : Imam (pemimpin) yang adil, pemuda yang dibesarkan dalam beribadat kepada Allah, orang yang hatinya selalu rindu pada masjid, dua orang yang berkasih sayang semata-mata kerana Allah iaitu bertemu kerana Allah dan berpisah kerana Allah, seorang lelaki yang diajak berzina oleh wanita bangsawan dan rupawan lalu ditolaknya dengan berkata, “Aku takut kepada Allah”, seorang yang bersedekah dalam keadaan rahsia sehingga tangan kirinya tidak mengetahui apa yang dilakukan oleh tangan kanannya dan seseorang yang berzikir kepada Allah dalam keadaan menyendiri lalu menitis air matanya.” (Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)
5. Bimbang terputusnya rahmat Allah
Suatu hal yang menyedihkan hati dan amat dibimbangi oleh orang-orang yang beriman ialah terputusnya kebajikan dan rahmat Allah. Apabila keadaan ini berlaku, ia boleh mengubah suasana hati dan perasaan sehingga menjadi sedih dan terharu. Sebagai contoh, pada suatu hari sesudah Rasulullah wafat, Saidina Abu Bakar mengajak Saidina Umar ke rumah Ummu Aiman seperti mana Rasulullah semasa hayatnya sering menziarahinya.Sebaik sampai di rumah Ummu Aiman, tiba-tiba Ummu Aiman menangis. Kedua-dua tetamunya itu lantas bertanya, “Apakah yang menyebabkan kamu menangis? Tidakkah engkau tahu bahawa yang tersedia di sisi Allah untuk Rasulullah jauh lebih baik?” Ummu Aiman menjawab, “Aku tidak menangis kerana itu melainkan kerana wahyu dari langit telah terputus (terhenti).” Kata-kata Ummu Aiman itu ternyata mengharukan Abu Bakar dan Umar, lalu kedua-duanya turut menangis.
6. Apabila terselamat dari kesesatan dan menemui kebenaranAdakalanya air mata seseorang itu akan menitis apabila ditunjukkan oleh Allah jalan yang benar setelah sekian lama hanyut dalam kelalaian atau kesesatan. Bagi yang berada dalam situasi sedemikian, akan terus menangis dan tangisannya bukan kerana merasa sedih tetapi kerana terlalu gembira dengan hidayah yang diterima itu.
Hal ini pernah terjadi kepada segolongan pendeta apabila mengetahui al-Quran yang diturunkan kepada Rasulullah merupakan kebenaran dari Allah seperti firman-Nya: “Dan apabila mereka itu (segolongan pendeta) mendengar apa-apa yang diturunkan kepada Rasul, engkau akan melihat mereka akan menitiskan air matanya, lantaran mengetahui kebenaran (seraya) mereka berkata; “Hai Tuhan kami! Kami telah beriman. Oleh kerana itu, catatlah kami dalam golongan orang-orang yang menyaksikan.
Dan tidak patut kami tidak beriman kepada Allah dan kepada kebenaran yang datang kepada kami, pada hal kami ingin supaya Tuhan memasukkan kami bersama kaum yang soleh.” (Surah al-Maidah:83-84) Daripada maksud firman Allah tersebut, jelaslah bahawa tangisan yang positif mempunyai keutamaan di sisi Islam sehingga tangisan seumpama itu boleh mendatangkan manfaat yang besar.
Ini kerana, orang yang menitiskan air mata kerana Allah sebenarnya merupakan orang yang cukup tinggi rasa keimanan dan taqwanya seperti yang ditunjukkan oleh Rasulullah dalam satu riwayat dari Abu Daud dan Tirmizi bermaksud: “Kami datang kepada Rasulullah sedang baginda menunaikan solat. Maka terdengar nafas tangisnya bagaikan suara air mendidih dalam bejana.”
to I****, its ok to be an emo guy.. biarlaa arimata yg mengalir tu kerana Nya jage diri k??
Keistimewaan Saiyyidatina Khadijah. Isteri mithali :)
July 10, 2007 at 7:46 am (MusL|maH, Prophet Muhammad pbuh, Self-deVeLopmenT, VideO)
ISTERI Rasulullah SAW, Saidatina Khadijah binti Khuwailid ialah wanita pertama beriman kepada Allah dan rasul-Nya. Beliau banyak membantu dan mengukuhkan tekad, Nabi Muhammad dalam melaksanakan risalah dakwah Islamiah. Beliau sentiasa berusaha meringankan kepedihan hati dan menghilangkan keletihan serta penderitaan suaminya dalam berdakwah.
Inilah keistimewaan dan keutamaan Khadijah dalam sejarah perjuangan Islam. Beliau adalah sumber kekuatan di belakang Rasulullah.
Rasulullah ketika menceritakan keperibadian Khadijah bersabda, maksudnya: “ Demi Allah, tidak ada ganti yang lebih baik daripada dia, yang beriman kepadaku saat semua orang ingkar, yang percaya kepadaku ketika semua mendustakan, yang mengorbankan semua hartanya saat semua berusaha mempertahankannya dan… daripadanyalah aku mendapatkan keturunan.”
Siti Khadijah berasal daripada keturunan terhormat serta terkenal sebagai wanita tegas dan cerdas.Beliau adalah wanita kaya dan terkenal serta mampu hidup mewah dengan hartanya sendiri. Namun semua itu dengan rela dikorbankannya untuk memudahkan tugas suaminya.Hal ini menunjukkan beliau adalah wanita yang mendorong kemajuan pahlawan umat manusia, melindungi pejuang terbesar dalam sejarah dengan mewujudkan kedamaian dalam kehidupan suaminya. Sikap inilah yang menjadi sumber kekuatan Rasulullah sepanjang kehidupan mereka.
Sepanjang hidupnya bersama Rasulullah, Siti Khadijah setia menyertai Baginda dalam setiap peristiwa suka dan duka. Setiap kali suaminya ke Gua Hira, beliau pasti menyiapkan semua bekalan dan keperluannya. Seandainya Rasulullah agak lama tidak pulang, beliau akan meninjau untuk memastikan keselamatan Baginda.
Sekiranya Baginda khusyuk bermunajat, beliau tinggal di rumah dengan sabar sehingga Rasulullah pulang.
Apabila suaminya mengadu kesusahan serta berada dalam keadaan gelisah, beliau cuba sedaya mungkin mententeram dan menghiburkannya sehingga suaminya benar-benar merasai ketenangan. Setiap ancaman dan penganiayaan dihadapi bersama. Malah dalam banyak kegiatan peribadatan Rasulullah, Siti Khadijah pasti bersama dan membantu Baginda seperti menyediakan air untuk mengambil wuduk.
Kecintaan Siti Khadijah bukanlah sekadar kecintaan kepada suami, sebaliknya jelas berlandaskan keyakinan kuat terhadap keesaan Allah.
Segala pengorbanan untuk suaminya adalah ikhlas untuk mencari keredaan Allah. Allah Maha Adil dalam memberi rahmatNya. Setiap amalan yang dilaksanakan dengan penuh keikhlasan pasti mendapat ganjaran yang berkekalan.
Firman Allah bermaksud: “Barang siapa yang mengerjakan amalan soleh, baik lelaki mahupun wanita dalam keadaan beriman, maka sesungguhnya akan Kami berikan kepadanya kehidupan yang baik dan sesungguhnya akan Kami berikan balasan kepada mereka dengan pahala yang lebih baik daripada apa yang sudah mereka kerjakan.” (Surah an-Nahl, ayat 97)
Janji Allah itu pasti benar. Kesan kesetiaan Siti Khadijah bukan sekadar menghasilkan kekuatan yang mendorong kegigihan dan perjuangan Rasulullah, malah membawa barakah besar kepada rumah tangga mereka.Anak yang lahir juga adalah soleh. Keturunan zuriat ahlulbait Rasulullah adalah insan yang sentiasa taat melaksanakan perintah Allah.Semua ini menghasilkan kekuatan yang membantu meningkatkan perjuangan Islam.
daaan lagu ‘Puteriku sayang’ ini ditujukan khas buat semua yang digelar wanita
Iman.Ihsan.Hour.
July 10, 2007 at 4:08 am (Hadith, PosTer, Tauh|d, The Hour)
Imaan does fluctuate.
Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
One day Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) appeared before the public. Then a man came to him and asked: Prophet of Allah, what is Iman? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your faith in Allah, His angels, His Books, His meeting, His Messengers and that you affirm your faith in the Resurrection hereafter. He (again) asked: Messenger of Allah, what does Islam signify? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Islam signifies that you worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him and you perform the prescribed Prayer and you pay the obligatory poor-due (Zakah) and you observe the Fast of Ramadan. He (the inquirer) again asked: Messenger of Allah, what does Al-Ihsan (Faithfulness) imply? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, and in case you fail to see Him, then observe that He is seeing you. He (the inquirer) again asked: Messenger of Allah, when would there be the Hour of (Doom)? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: The one who is asked about it is no better informed than the inquirer. Then he (the Messenger of Allah) (may peace be upon him) recited (the verse): 
Verily, Allâh! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die Verily, Allâh is AllKnower, AllAware (of things) 
He (the narrator, Abu Hurairah) said: Then the person turned back and went away. Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Bring that man back to me. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet present there) went to bring him back, but they did not find him. Upon this Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) remarked: He was Gabriel. He came to teach people their religion.
Sholeha women.
July 9, 2007 at 3:59 am (H|kmaH, MusL|maH, PosTer, mY Corner)
i dedicate this to a dear fren of mine
Sholeha women smile in trouble..
gather strength from doa..
grow brave by istighfar and solat..
stand firm and zikir when she sees and going through painful tests everyday
thus, no fear k? kalau awak rase ujian itu amat berat, ketahuilah bantuan Allah sangat dekat.
and alwez noe that Allah can comfort u in ways nobody else can. Yakin!
jage diri k?? Barakallahu feek.
Scientific miracles of the Qur’an :)
July 9, 2007 at 3:10 am (Forwaded emails, Science & Qur'an, Technology, Verses from the Qur'an)
THE SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES OF THE QUR’AN
THE FORMATION OF PETROL
THE RELATIVITY OF TIME
CREATION IN SIX DAYS
THE TRUTH OF DESTINY
DUALITY IN CREATION
SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES
BLACK HOLES
PULSARS: PULSATING STARS
THE STAR SIRIUS
LIGHT AND DARK
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High: He Who created and moulded; He Who determined and guided; He Who brings forth green pasture, then makes it blackened stubble. (Qur’an, 87:1-5)
As we know, petrol forms from the remains of plants and animals in the sea. Once these have decayed on the sea bed after millions of years, all that is left are oily substances. These, under layers of mud and rock, then turn into petrol and gas. Movements in the Earth’s crust sometimes lead to the sea petrifying and to the rocks containing petrol being buried thousands of metres deep. The petrol that forms sometimes leaks through the pores in the rock layers from several kilometres down, and rises to the surface, where it vaporises (turns into gas), leaving a mass of bitumen behind.
The three elements identified in the first four verses of Surat al-A’la parallel the formation of petroleum. It is quite likely that the term “almaraa,” meaning pasture or meadow, refers to the organically- based substances in the formation of petroleum. The second word of note in the verse is “ahwa,” used to describe blackish-green, greenish-black, dark or sooty colours. This word can be thought of as describing the waste plant matter accumulated underground gradually turning black, since these words are supported by a third word, “ghuthaan.” The word “ghuthaan” translated as stubble, can also mean flood-water plants, plants brought together by waste matter being collected and dispersed around valleys, rubbish, leaves or foam. In addition to the connotation of “vomiting out” implied in the word, it may also be translated as “to flood forth vomited matter,” and describes the way that the earth “vomits” forth petroleum. In fact, in the light of the formation of petroleum, the way it emerges, its foam-like appearance and its colour, one can better see with what wisdom were employed the words in the verses.
As has been discussed, the plant in the verse turning into a dark and viscous liquid bears a strong resemblance to the formation of petroleum. The description of such a formation over many years, at a time when the formation of petroleum was unknown, is without doubt another proof that the Qur’an is the revelation of Allah.
Today, the relativity of time is a proven scientific fact. This was revealed by Einstein’s theory of relativity during the early part of the 20th century. Until then, it was not known that time was relative, nor that it could change according to the circumstances. Yet, the renowned scientist Albert Einstein proved this fact by discovering the theory of relativity. He showed that time is dependent on mass and velocity.
However, the Qur’an had already included information about time’s being relative! Some verses about the subject read:
… A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count. (Qur’an, 22:47)
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure. (Qur’an, 32:5)
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years. (Qur’an, 70:4)
The fact that the relativity of time is so definitely mentioned in the Qur’an, which began to be revealed in 610, is more evidence that it is a divine book.
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne… (Qur’an, 7:54)
One example of the harmony between the Qur’an and modern science is the subject of the age of the universe. Cosmologists estimate the age of the universe as 16-17 billion years. The Qur’an states that the entire universe was created in six days. These two time frames, which may seem contradictory, are actually surprisingly compatible. In fact, both these figures concerning the age of the universe are correct. In other words, the universe was created in six days, as revealed in the Qur’an, and this period corresponds to 16-17 billion years in the way that we experience time.
In 1915 Einstein proposed that time was relative, that the passage of time altered according to space, the speed of the person travelling and the force of gravity at that moment. Bearing in mind these differences in the passage of time, the period of time in which the universe was created as revealed in seven different verses of the Qur’an is actually highly compatible with scientists’ estimations. The six-day period revealed in the Qur’an can be thought of as six periods. Because, taking into account the relativity of time, a “day” refers only to a 24-hour period experienced on Earth under current conditions. Elsewhere in the universe, however, at another time and under other conditions, a “day” could refer to a much longer period of time. Indeed, the word “ayyamin” in the period of six days (sittati ayyamin) in these verses (Qur’an 32:4, 10:3, 11:7, 25:59, 57:4, 50:38, and 7:54) means not only “days,” but also “age, period, moment, term.”
In the first period of the universe, the passage of time took place much faster than that with which we are familiar today. The reason for this is that, at the moment of the Big Bang, our universe was compressed into a very small point. The expansion of the universe and increase in its volume ever since the moment of that explosion has extended the borders of the universe to millions of light years. Indeed, the stretching of space ever since that moment has had very important ramifications for universal time.
The energy at the moment of the Big Bang slowed down the flow of time 1012 (one million million) times. When the universe was created the speed of universal time was higher up to a million million times, as time is experienced today. In other words, a million million minutes on Earth is the equivalent of just one minute in universal time.
When a six-day period of time is calculated according to the relativity of time, it equates to six million million (six trillion) days. That is because universal time flows a million million times faster than time on Earth. Calculated in terms of years, 6 trillion days equates to approximately 16.427 billion years. This is within the estimated range for the age of the universe.
6,000,000,000, 000 days/365.25 = 16.427104723 billion years
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Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. |
On the other hand, each of the six days of creation equates to very different periods, as we perceive time. The reason for this is that the speed of the passage of time declines in proportion to the expansion of the universe. Ever since the Big Bang, as the size of the universe doubled, so the passage of time halved. As the universe grew, the speed at which the universe doubled increasingly slowed down. This rate of expansion is a scientific fact acknowledged the world over and described in the text book The Fundamentals of Physical Cosmology. When we calculate every day of creation in terms of Earth time, the following situation emerges:
- Looked at from the moment when time began, the first day of creation (first phase) lasted 24 hours. This period, however, is the equivalent of 8 billion years in Earth terms.
- The second day of creation (second phase) lasted 24 hours. This, however, lasted half as long, in our terms, as the preceding day, in other words 4 billion years.
- The third day (third phase) lasted half as long as the second day, in other words 2 billion years.
- The fourth day (fourth phase) lasted 1 billion years.
- The fifth day (fifth phase) lasted 500 million years.
- And the sixth day (sixth phase) lasted 250 million years.
- Conclusion: When the six days of creation, in other words the six phases, are added together in Earth terms, the resulting figure is 15 billion 750 million years. This figure displays an enormous parallel with modern-day estimations.
This conclusion is one of the facts revealed by 21st century science. Science has once again confirmed a fact revealed in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago. This harmony between the Qur’an and science is one of the miraculous proofs that the Qur’an is the revelation of Allah, the Creator, the Omniscient.
But you will not will unless Allah wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (Qur’an, 76:30)
As a result of experiments he performed in 1973, Professor Benjamin Libet, a neurophysiologist at the University of California, revealed that all our decisions and choices are set out beforehand, and that consciousness only comes into play half a second after everything has been determined.44 This is interpreted by other neurophysiologists as meaning that we actually live in the past and that our consciousness is like a monitor which shows us everything half a second later.
Therefore, none of the experiences we perceive are in real time, but are delayed by up to half a second from the real events themselves. Libet carried out his research by making use of the fact that brain surgery can be performed without the use of narcosis, in other words while the subject is fully conscious. Libet stimulated the brains of his subjects with small electrical currents, and when they experienced a perception that their hands had been touched the subjects said that they had felt that “touch” almost half a second before. As a result of his measurements, Libet arrived at the following conclusion: All perceptions are normally transmitted to the brain. As these are subconsciously evaluated and interpreted, the ego is unaware of anything. The information that appears before our minds, in other words that we can be aware of, is transmitted to the cortex, the seat of consciousness, after a certain delay.45
The conclusion from this may be summarised as follows: The decision to move a muscle takes place before that decision reaches the consciousness. There is always a delay between a neurological or perceptual process and our becoming aware of the thought, feeling, perception or movement it represents. To put it another way, we can only be aware of a decision after that decision has been taken.
In Professor Libet’s experiments, this delay varies between 350 and 500 milliseconds, although the conclusion that emerges is in no way dependent upon those figures. Because, according to Libet, whatever the length of that delay-it makes no difference whether it is great or small, whether it lasts an hour or a microsecond- our material life is always in the past. This demonstrates that every thought, emotion, perception or movement happens before reaching our consciousness, and that proves that the future is entirely outside our control.46
In other experiments, Professor Libet left the choice of when the subjects would move their fingers up to them. The brains of the subjects were monitored at the moment their fingers moved, and it was observed that the relevant brain cells went into action before the subjects actually took the decision. To put it another way, the command “do!” reaches the individual, and the brain is readied to perform the action; the individual only becomes aware of this half a second later. He or she does not take a decision to act and then performs that action, but rather performs an action predetermined for him or her. Yet, the brain makes an adjustment, removing any recognition that the individual is actually living in the past. For that reason, at the moment we refer to as “now,” we are actually living something determined in the past. As already discussed, these studies manifest the fact that everything happens by the will of Allah, as revealed in Surat al-Insan 30.
Glory be to Him Who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them. (Qur’an, 36:36)
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While “male and female” is equivalent to the concept of “pair,” “things unknown to them,” as expressed in the Qur’an, bears a broader meaning. Indeed, we encounter one of the meanings pointed to in the verse in the present day. The British physicist Paul Dirac, who discovered that matter was created in pairs, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933. This finding, known as “parity,” revealed the duality known as matter and anti-matter. Anti-matter bears the opposite characteristics to matter. For instance, contrary to matter, anti-matter electrons are positive and protons negative. This fact is expressed in a scientific source as follows:
… every particle has its antiparticle of opposite charge… [T]he uncertainty relation tells us that pair creation and pair annihilation happen in the vacuum at all times, in all places.47
Another example of duality in creation is plants. Botanists only discovered that there is a gender distinction in plants some 100 years ago.48 Yet, the fact that plants are created in pairs was revealed in the following verses of the Qur’an 1,400 years ago:
It is Allah Who created the heavens with no support-you can see them-and cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so that it would not move under you, and scattered about in it creatures of every kind. And We send down water from the sky and make every generous plant grow in it, in pairs. (Qur’an, 31:10)
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and threaded pathways for you through it and sent down water from the sky by which We have brought forth diverse pairs of plants. (Qur’an, 20:53)
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2. Atoms consist of a dense nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons. Electromagnetic force holds the nucleus and electrons together. 3. The nucleus consists of protons and neutrons held together by a powerful nuclear force. 4.Protons and neutrons consist of three quarks each and are held together by powerful nuclear force. |
Following the development of the atomic theory of the Greek philosopher Democritus, people used to believe that matter consisted of minute, indivisible and indestructible particles known as atoms. However, advances in the study of atoms have refuted this notion. At the present time, modern science has revealed that the atom, previously regarded as the smallest particle, can actually be split. This fact only emerged in the last century, but was revealed in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago:
… He is the Knower of the Unseen, Whom not an atom’s weight eludes, either in the heavens or in the earth; nor is there anything smaller or larger than that which is not in a Clear Book. (Qur’an, 34:3)
… Not even an atom’s weight eludes your Lord, either on earth or in heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a Clear Book. (Qur’an, 10:61)
This verse refers to “atom” and smaller particles still.
Up until 20 years ago, it was believed that the smallest particles were the protons and neutrons which comprise the atom. Very recently, however, even smaller particles of which these themselves consist were discovered. A specialised branch of physics, called “particle physics,” emerged to study these “sub-particles” and their particular behaviour. Particle physics research has revealed that the protons and neutrons which comprise the atoms actually consist of sub-particles known as quarks. The size of these quarks, the basic components of protons, whose small size is beyond human conception, is astonishing: 10-18 (0.0000000000000000 01 of a metre).49
Another point worthy of note is that these verses draw particular attention to the weight of the atom. The word “mithqal,” in the expression “mithqali tharratin” (an atom’s weight) in the above verses, means weight. In fact, it has been discovered that the protons, neutrons and electrons which form the atom are also compounds which give the atom its weight. Therefore, it is yet another scientific miracle of the Qur’an that attention is drawn instead to the weight of the atom and not its size or any other feature.
The 20th century saw a great many new discoveries regarding celestial phenomena in the universe. One of these entities, which has only recently been encountered, is the Black Hole. These are formed when a star which has consumed all its fuel collapses in on itself, eventually turning into a black hole with infinite density and zero volume and an immensely powerful magnetic field. We are unable to see black holes even with the most powerful telescope, because their gravitational pull is so strong that light is unable to escape from them. However, such a collapsed star can be perceived by means of the effect it has on the surrounding area. In Surat al-Waqi’a, Allah draws attention this matter in this way, by swearing upon the position of stars:
And I swear by the stars’ positions-and that is a mighty oath if you only knew. (Qur’an, 56:75-76)
The term “black hole” was first employed in 1969 by the American physicist John Wheeler. Previously, we imagined that we were able to see all the stars. However, it later emerged that there were stars in space whose light we were unable to perceive. Because, the light of these collapsed stars disappears. Light cannot escape from a black hole because it is such a high concentration of mass in a small space. The enormous gravitation captures even the fastest particles, i.e. the photons. For example, the final stage of a typical star, three times the mass of the Sun, ends after its burning out and its implosion as a black hole of only 20 kilometres in diameter! Black holes are “black,” i.e. veiled from direct observation. They nevertheless reveal themselves indirectly, by the tremendous suction which their gravitational force exerts on other heavenly bodies. As well as depictions of the Day of Judgement, the verse below may also be pointing to this scientific discovery about black holes:
When the stars are extinguished, (Qur’an, 77:8)
Moreover, stars of great mass also cause warps to be perceived in space. Black holes, however, do not just cause warps in space but also tear holes in it. That is why these collapsed stars are known as black holes. This fact may be referred to in the verse about stars, and this is another important item of information demonstrating that the Qur’an is the Word of Allah:
[I swear] by Heaven and the Tariq! And what will convey to you what the Tariq is? The Star Piercing [the darkness]! (Qur’an, 86:1-3)
[I swear] by Heaven and the Tariq! And what will convey to you what the Tariq is? The Star Piercing [the darkness]! (Qur’an, 86:1-3)
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The word “Tariq,” name of the Sura 86, comes from the root “tarq,” whose basic meaning is that of striking hard enough to produce a sound, or hitting. Bearing in mind the word’s possible meaning as “beating,” “striking hard,” our attention may be being drawn in this sura to an important scientific fact. Before analysing this information, let us look at the other words employed in the verse to describe these stars. The term “alttariqi” in the above verse means a star that pierces the night, that pierces the darkness, born at night, piercing and moving on, beating, striking, or sharp star. Furthermore, the term “waal” draws attention to the things being sworn on-the heaven and the Tariq.
Through research carried out by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, at Cambridge University in 1967, a regular radio signal was identified. Until that time, however, it was not known that that there was a heavenly body that could be the source of regular pulse or beating rather like that of the heart. In 1967, however, astronomers stated that, as matter grows denser in the core as it revolves around its own axis, the star’s magnetic field also grows stronger, and thus gives rise to a magnetic field at its poles 1 trillion times stronger than that of Earth. They realised that a body revolving so fast and with such a powerful magnetic field emits rays consisting of very powerful radio waves in a conic form at every revolution. Shortly afterwards, it was also realised that the source of these signals is the rapid revolution of neutron stars. These newly discovered neutron stars are known as “pulsars.” These stars, which turn into pulsars through supernova explosions, are of the greatest mass, and are the brightest and fastest moving bodies in the universe. Some pulsars revolve 600 times a second.50
The word “pulsar” comes from the verb to pulse. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the word means to pulsate, to beat. Encarta Dictionary defines it as to beat rhythmically, to move or throb with a strong regular rhythm. Again, according to the Encarta Dictionary, the word “pulsate,” which comes from the same root, means to expand and contract with a strong regular beat.
Following that discovery, it was realised that the phenomenon described in the Qur’an as “tariq,” beating, bore a great similarity to the neutron stars known as pulsars.
Neutron stars form as the nuclei of super giant stars collapse. The highly compressed and dense matter, in the form of a rapidly revolving sphere, entraps and squeezes most of the star’s weight and magnetic field. The powerful magnetic field created by these rapidly revolving neutron stars has been shown to cause the emission of powerful radio waves observable on Earth.
In the third verse of Surat at-Tariq the term “alnnajmu alththaqibu,” meaning piercing, piercing and moving on, or opening holes, indicates that Tariq is a bright star that pierces a hole in the darkness and moves on. The concept of the term “adraka” in the expression “And what will convey to you what the Tariq is?” refers to comprehension. Pulsars, formed through the compression of stars several times the size of the Sun, are among those celestial bodies that are hard to comprehend. The question in the verse emphasizes how hard it is to comprehend this beating star. (Allah knows best.)
As discussed, the stars described as Tariq in the Qur’an bear a close similarity to the pulsars described in the 20th century, and may reveal to us another scientific miracle of the Qur’an.
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When certain concepts mentioned in the Qur’an are studied in the light of 21st century scientific discoveries we find ourselves imparted with yet more miracles of the Qur’an. One of these is the star Sirius, mentioned in Surat an-Najm 49:
… it is He Who is the Lord of Sirius. (Qur’an, 53: 49)
The fact that the Arabic word “shiaara,” the equivalent of the star Sirius, appears only in Surat an-Najm, meaning only “star,” 49 is particularly striking. Because, considering the irregularity in the movement of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, as their starting point, scientists discovered that it was actually a double star. Sirius is actually a set of two stars, known as Sirius A and Sirius B. The larger of these is Sirius A, which is also the closer to the Earth and the brightest star that can be seen with the naked eye. Sirius B, however, cannot be seen without a telescope.
The Sirius double stars orbit in ellipses about one another. The orbital period of Sirius A & B about their common centre of gravity is 49.9 years. This scientific data is today accepted with one accord by the departments of astronomy at Harvard, Ottawa and Leicester Universities.51 However, this scientific fact, the accuracy of which was only realised in the late 20th century, was miraculously indicated in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago. When verses 49 and 9 of Surat an-Najm are read together, this miracle becomes apparent:
… it is He Who is the Lord of Sirius, (Qur’an, 53: 49)
He was two bow-lengths away or even closer. (Qur’an, 53:9)
The description in Surat an-Najm 9 may also describe how these two stars approach one another in their orbits. (Allah knows best.) This scientific fact, that nobody could have known at the time of the revelation of the Qur’an, once again proves that the Qur’an is the Word of Almighty Allah.
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Praise belongs to Allah Who created the heavens and the earth and appointed darkness and light… (Qur’an, 6:1)
We all know that without light a person cannot see his surroundings with the naked eye. However, the light that we can see is only a very small part of all light-emitting energy. There are other kinds of light-emitting energy that human beings cannot perceive, such as infra-red, ultra-violet, x-rays and radio waves. Human beings are effectively blind to such light waves.
It is interesting, therefore, that the word for “darkness” in the Qur’an is always in the plural. The Arabic word, “ththulumat,” is used in the plural in 23 verses of the Qur’an, and never used in the singular. The use of the word “darkness” in the Qur’an indicates that in addition to those light waves we can see, there may also be other kinds.
Only recently did scientists discover why the plural may have been used here. Wave lengths vary in a form of energy known as electromagnetic radiation. All the different forms of electromagnetic radiation behave as energy waves in space. This can be compared to the waves which form when a stone is thrown into a pond. As the waves on a pond can be of different sizes, so electromagnetic radiation has different-sized waves.
Stars and other sources of light do not all give off the same kind of emissions. These different rays are classified according to their wavelengths. The spectrum of wavelengths is quite wide. There is a 1025 (a billion times a billion times a billion) difference between gamma rays, with the smallest size wavelength, and radio waves, which are the largest. Nearly all the rays emitted by the Sun are squeezed into just one part of this 1025 spectrum.
In order to better understand the colossal dimensions of this figure, it will be useful to make a comparison. If we wanted to count to 1025, and if we counted day and night without pause, it would take us 100 million times the age of the Earth to finish. The different wavelengths in the universe are distributed within a spectrum of just such a size. 70% of the different wavelengths emitted by the Sun are limited to a very narrow spectrum between 0.3 microns and 1.5 microns. There are three kinds of light within that band: visible light, infra-red light and ultraviolet light. Despite occupying a band less than 1 in 1025, the rays known as visible light represent 41% of all the Sun’s rays.
As has been discussed, electromagnetic waves perceivable to the human eye are responsible for only a very small part of the light spectrum. The other regions represent only darkness for human beings, who are blind to wavelengths outside that band.52
taken from United Indian Muslims grOup
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